Moya comes across a ship that was attacked by Talyn, and seemingly run by Skeksis! In revenge they fire on Moya, byt they are able to get their shields up in time… but it triggers the old sci-fi trope of a body switch!

Buckle up for Out of Their Minds! Written by Michael Cassutt (with some rewrites by Justin Monjo to make it fit into the Farscape universe), it first aired on 7 July, 2000.

This allows each of the actors to deliver their interpretations of their fellow cast members, and it’s delightful.

Everyone has been bodyswapped, Aeryn (Claudia Black) is in Rygel (voiced by Jonathan Hardy), Crichton (Ben Browder) is in Aeryn, and Rygel is in Crichton. Pilot (voiced by Lani John Tupu) is in Chiana (Gigi Edgley), and D’Argo (Anthony Simcoe) has become Pilot.

Zhaan (Virginia Hey) is kind of safe, she’s aboard the Skeksis ship, but she’s going to have problems of her own.

They have to prove Moya is unarmed, and restore themselves, and perhaps maybe, find Talyn. And can the Skeksis, I mean the Halosians, be trusted?

This one must have been so much fun to do as everyone riffs on each other’s characters and performances. It doesn’t do much to advance the narrative story arc for the series (except for a little bit more of the Chiana D’Argo relationship), but it’s such a joy to watch the actors playing other characters.

There are wonderful little character bits, and it just shines. This is a must-see episode just for the wackiness. I loves it!

My Three Crichtons was written by Grant McAloon from a story by Gabrielle G. Stanton and Harry Werksman. It was first broadcast on 14 July, 2000.

A strange probe (?) infiltrates Moya, and absorbs Crichton after Aeryn shoots it. When it opens, out walk three different versions of Crichton. A neanderthal-like being, our Crichton, and a super-evolved version.

What the frell is going on?

Crichton has problems reconciling himself with the other versions of himself, and the evolved one is going to be trouble. When they are able to decipher a message from the sphere, they realize it was a probe, sent to take samples, but it was interrupted by Aeryn’s blaster. And now, it will need one of the Crichtons to return through the sphere or all of them, and Moya and all aboard her will be absorbed as well.

So how are things going to play out? Caveman Crichton personifies the best of Crichton’s humanity, warmth, caring, and emotional, while evo-Crichton is cold, analytical, and willing to make the hard choices for his survival.

And much like the Trek episode The Enemy Within, Crichton is a composite of both, and is who he is because of the combination.

So it’s easy to figure out what happens to the other two Crichtons by story’s end.

Not my favorite episode of the season, but coming on the tail of Out of Their Minds this one lacks punch.